Fifteen Years Paying Off 25 Dollar Loan Shark Extorts 500
Chicago report details Mrs. John Murphy who borrowed 25 dollars fifteen years ago to cover her son's debt. She paid over 500 dollars in interest at 10 percent monthly as the loan shark pressed renewals. After the loan shark died his son tried to collect. John Murphy Jr. intervened and the Legal Aid Society stepped in to end the case.
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Chicago
John Murphy
Chicago Legal Aid Society
John Murphy, Jr
Legal Aid Society
Progressives Urge Meeting Over GOP Presidential Choice
An open letter from John D. Fackler, head of the state progressive headquarters, asks Walter Brown to convene a meeting of the Republican state central committee in Columbus Ohio to devise a plan for GOP voters to express their preference between La Follette and Taft for president.
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Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committees
John D. Fackler
Progressive
la Follette
Taft
Child Fatally Burns After Dress Fire in Santa Cruz
A three year old girl, Letha May Simmerly, ran inside as her mother stood outside. Her dress caught fire and she suffered fatal burns, dying after six hours.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Letha
Boy bandit and accomplice target streetcar in Tacoma crime
A youth bandit and a partner stopped street car conductor Herman Crowl at 17th and Esta in Tacoma. The gun discharged, hitting Crowl’s cash holder. Crowl showed his ticket punch and the robbers fled. It followed seven robberies over six nights by the same youth and accomplice.
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Tacoma
Herman Crowl
Crowl
Morgan Buys Don Quixote Tapestries from Alfonso
News in art circles reports King Alfonso of Spain sold five rose DuBarry gobelin tapestries depicting scenes from Don Quixote. Rumor says financier J. P. Morgan acquired the treasures.
Mellon divorce case adds new charges against wife
Andrew W. Mellon, the Pittsburgh banker suing Nora McMullen Mellon for divorce, accuses her again of wrongdoing with Capt. Alfred Curphey in London and Buffalo in 1909. The rule to show cause seeks amendment of the libel and denial of the wife’s jury trial request.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Nora McMullen Mellon
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Ireland
Alfred George Curphey
Curphey
London
Buffalo
Underwood Not Running for Democratic Nomination
Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, house majority leader, was endorsed by the Alabama delegation in congress as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. The resolution praised him as a wise and progressive leader and eminently qualified for the presidency, but Underwood said he was not a candidate.
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Underwood
Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
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Congress
Union Official Transfers Dynamite Records to Federal Marshal
Indianapolis December report states Herbert Hockin acting secretary of the Iron Workers union handed all agents believed to hold information on dynamiting charges to Federal Marshal Schmidt. Hockin refused to deny or confirm the report.
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Herbert Hockin
The
Iron Workers’ Union
Haa
Schmidt
Hockin
Do you wish to call your husband up on the phone
A Baltimore American quip plays on domestic language with a sharp line about calling a husband up or down reflecting humor in daily speech.
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Sean
Baltimore American
Paroled to Care for Wife in Richmond Case
Henry Falster, sentenced to two years in county jail after shooting Patrolman Charles Walters five months ago, was paroled today to care for his wife who is believed to be dying. Mrs Falster was badly hurt in an accident at Martinez weeks ago and doctors fear she cannot recover.
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Richmond
Henry Falster
Charles Walters
Oysters and a Quarter at a City Eatery
A man from the Hygosh district complains about a restaurant bill after ordering multiple oyster dishes. He offers a quarter to settle, while the clerk notes the balance remains. A sign promises oysters view style for twenty five cee. A subsequent scene in a theater box describes a woman’s back itching during a performance, drawing amused sympathy from the audience.
Romance plans from Steel Magnate’s wife in France
Mrs. W. E. Corey in New York discusses her French home Chateau Villegentes and the romance novel she is writing inspired by her experiences in France. She praises American men as stronger and more companionable than their European counterparts.
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New York
W. EB. Corey
Sherry
Corey
France
Chateau de Villegenia
Louis XH
Jerome Honaparte
Westphalia
England
Cascarets Promised Clean Bowels and Quick Relief
A 10 cent box Cascarets claims to thoroughly cleanse the digestive system, remove undigested food and foul gases, reduce bile in the liver, and carry out waste. It touts overnight effects, no griping, and broad use for headaches, indigestion, and constipation.
Danderine Promise of Lustrous Hair and No Dandruff
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as doubling hair beauty in ten minutes, eliminating dandruff and itching. It claims heavy, soft, lustrous hair with one 25 cent bottle and urges purchase at drug stores or toilet counters.
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